Show letter from missionary in south africa continued from page 3 thing never to be forgotten the european population is composed largely of dutch and english they are bilingual bi bl lingual speaking both english and afrikaans pronounced aw fri cawns the latter being a south african language deri derived vedi mainly from low or kitchen I 1 dutch all government employees and business men must be masters of both languages both are compulsory in the schools ich in the country districts a knowledge of aari baans speaking peoples does not justify the time it would take to learn the language here in the cape we have an unfortunate condition of racial intermixture there I 1 is a class of people known as cape colored rangin ranging in complexion from white to bla black brought about by the early settlers intermarrying inter marrying with the natives generally they are a very low and unscrupulous type of people much worse than the pure native or some of the higher types of this class are very fine people even the closest scrutiny does not reveal the tar brush we have a few members of this class the higher types we have to be very careful in administering the priesthood as it Is forbidden to any person having negro blood as you know most of our crr me members abers are good clean respectable table people europeans one sees some strange sights among the simple native folk foil last week white while traveling to one of the neighboring towns to play baseball we witnessed a typically humorous but pathetic incident they like their wine in fact the wages of some of them consist of their horn of wine three times a day As we were driving along we saw a man and his wife who had apparently overindulged over indulged the old woman especially was so inebriated inebriate dl that she fell into a heap on ta th 3 road just as we passed we stopped to see what it was all about abou th thel e man was making the a air I 1 r blue blu e w with ith drunken ejaculations in his own tongue the words having no effect on the woman still huddled on the ground he took off his belt and began to lash her into action we left them as they staggered red off into the brush don mack dalton mission president several years ago introduced baseball into this part of the country it has done wonders for us in dispelling the prejudice a us until recently cumorah has been invincible as far as these teams are concerned but due to the continuous coming and going of missionaries we field practically a new team every year with con constant changes during the season and the fact that other teams have been together since baseball started it is getting more difficult to retain our laarz laurels each year we are just a month along in the current season with the worst beginning in oi our history we have won two games and lost two we still get the publicity however for it has caused quite a sensation that the once mighty cumorah has fallen the season is far arom being over yet and cumorah a team or organization that stays down I 1 seen our fri friera frie td erd dee Parkin parkinson since the first week that I 1 arrived I 1 came right in the middle of the yearly convention and immediately after he was transferred tol td the transvaal district from all reports he is getting along very well I 1 heard that he was the best speaker in the mission so watch out morgan when he comes home there are some good speakers here since arrival I 1 have been working in here at the mission headquarters we are privilege din having hav ing as our president legrand P backman of salt lake city he with his lovely wife are a wonderful source of inspiration and guidance to us As it will be riar near the holiday season when this reaches reaches you I 1 wish to extend my heartiest greetings and best wishes to you and the good people of morgan also a hearty thank you to all who have contributed in any way financially or morally to the cause of my being here very sincerely yours HARLAN W CLARK |